Communication in U.S. Elections
New Agendas
Published on 23. May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-7425-0069-3 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past thirty-five years, the rapid development of communication technology, the decline of political parties, a growing culture of cynicism, and the rise of the Internet have all affected U.S. political campaigns. But while these forces seem powerful, little scientific evidence has been gathered of their impact. Communication in U.S. Elections presents work from some of the best young scholars in two disciplines-communication and political science-on how modern election campaigns are affected by such forces. The authors look at how voters acquire political information, how issues are "framed" for them by the mass media, how attitudes about social groups are created, and how political advertising uses popular culture to affect voting patterns. The result is a fresh and comprehensive overview of why modern political campaigns turn out as they do.
Reviews / Votes
This book lives up to its promise of establishing new agendas for research in the rapidly-growing field of political communication and elections. Impressive in its scope, vision, and intellectual excitement, this is an important source for all scholars of elections and democracy. -- W Lance Bennett, University of WashingtonMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-0069-3 (9780742500693)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Roderick P. Hart is Shivers Chair in Communication and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation. Daron Shaw is assistant professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin.
Content
Chapter 1 Communicating and Electing Part 2 Part I: Informing the Modern Electorate Chapter 3 Democracy for Some? How Political Talk Informs and Polarizes the Electorate Chapter 4 Who's Voted in When the People Tune Out? Information Effects in Congressional Elections Part 5 Part II: Media Frames in Contemporary Campaigns Chapter 6 The Collision of Convictions: Value-Framing and Value Judgments Chapter 7 A Unified Method for Analyzing Media Framing Part 8 Part III: Interpersonal Judgments and Electoral Outcomes Chapter 9 Voter Uncertainty and Candidate Contact: New Influences on Voting Behavior Chapter 10 Declining Trust and a Shrinking Policy Agenda: Why Media Scholars Should Care Part 11 Part IV: U.S. Campaigns and Group Identities Chapter 12 Imagining Political Parties: A Constructionist Approach Chapter 13 The Mass Media and Group Priming in American Elections Part 14 Part V: New Modes of Campaign Influence Chapter 15 The Outside Game: Congressional Communication and Party Strategy Chapter 16 Internet Politics: A Survey of Practices Chapter 17 Political Advertising and Popular Culture in the Televisual Age